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Manta Careers Systems EngineerManta

THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED

There's a world-class tech contender here in Columbus, Ohio. With the right chops, you can join the team of Manta engineers and spend your days re-crafting how small businesses do business on the web. Manta's 30 million monthly visitors and 2-a-day releases will keep you on your toes and making a difference. So bring your big brain (both halves) to Manta and help us evolve the world's largest small business networking platform. Fast, lean, complex, collaborative, meaningful, measurable, and tangible--this is what innovation feels like.

Who is Manta:

Manta is the largest online community dedicated entirely to small businesses.
The Manta community allows small businesses to 1) improve their online presence, 2) gain visibility with customers & prospects and 3) increase sales!
Listed in The Digital 100: The World?s Most Valuable Private Tech Companies ? 3 years in a row!
What you'll be doing as a Systems Engineer:

Configure and tune replication
Implement and test backups and disaster recovery plans
Analyze slow queries and add indexes or assist with query rewriting
Review application and reporting queries and schemas
Design and implement highly scalable solutions in a web-centric environment
Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff
Document database best practices and architecture
Research new technologies within the industry and evaluate the applicability of those technologies within the company's environment
Drive results with a sense of urgency
Understand the problem and provide solutions with little direction from others
What you need:

5+ years of experience designing, engineering, and supporting critical systems services using open source platforms and tools
Experience configuring and running relational databases in a production, highly available configuration
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field is a plus or equivalent experience
Team-oriented individual focused on company goals and efforts.
Experience with:
recent versions of PostgreSQL or MySQL
SymmetricDS or Java and Java based platforms
NoSQL, especially MongoDB, HBase, and Hadoop
Amazon's cloud services (RDS, S3, EC2)
What's in it for you:

Your work matters here! The work you do affects the small business owners and their families.
Your work is seen by 30 million+ unique visitors each month. We are one of THE most trafficked sites on the web today - Manta gets more traffic than The New York Times, CNN and Apple!
Everything you do affects the Manta web site and is impactful! Come join a collaborative, cross-functional team environment!
What's it like to work at Manta:

Up-beat, entrepreneurial environment where the norm is wearing jeans, t-shirts, and sneakers every single day!
Extremely Talented People who like to turn up the heat on the Ping-Pong table!
FREE Snacks! Healthy Hummus and carrot sticks - Red Licorice - Candy bars - AND bags of chips!